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    Default Camp sites accessible with a trailer

    I?m new to hauling a trailer to a camp site. So could use help locating some decent sites in CO. I can do dispersed or pay spot as long as I can get there. My setup is a Ranger with a 6x12 cargo trailer, converted to a toy hauler. It?s probably fine for fire roads and dirt roads that aren?t completely rutted. Want to be near some motorcycle friendly fire roads (too inexperienced for hard core stuff) so I can go for a day of exploring.

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    Red Feather Lakes area. Should be able to pull over and park your truck and trailer anywhere in national Forest unless the local district has some sort of closure or rules that are district specific to them.

    Also, there are hundreds of miles of trails of varying difficulty with plenty of places to park a truck and trailer north of kremmling just outside of the town border, can even drive off road vehicles on the city streets there.
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    717 Trails system North of Divide. I think they still allow dispersed camping- find an unused spot and camp there. Great trails, easy to hard. Avoid Rampart, especially on weekends. User density is outrageous and they charge to camp now.

    Lots of trails and camping north of Steamboat. Flat Tops has some trails, mostly roads but it's awesome up there. Grand Mesa and the Uncompaghre Plateau are great as well. Farther west is Rabbit Valley and then Moab.

    Get some maps and go explore.

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    Your up north- Medicine Bow SW of Laramie.
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    Medicine Bow is nice.
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    Cherokee park area. 287 to the Tie Siding exit. Go down dirt road and when it branches off, veer to the right. (Boulder Ridge Rd). That leads you to camp spots, tons of easy and fun riding and exploring. Trails are really varied from easy, hard, rock gardens, dirt roads, 2 track and single track. Really fun area and NOT crowded or even busy. I towed a 25ft toy hauler through there MANY times in the past several years. Best part is that it is not crowded and full of dipshits. Many weekends we were the only ones there. The road can get narrow, kind of steep for small sections, but again, I did it with an F150 towing the 25ft hauler weighing #9300. Didn't even spin the tires and was never too narrow to be nervous.
    Avoid the Cherokee Park "campground", it is not what you are looking for and is where you end up if you veer left where the road branches off. You will see it and it will make sense when you google map it.

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    Happy Jack/Pole Mountain in Wyoming is very trail/camper friendly.
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    The Miracle Mile on the North Platte (WY).

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    Thank you all for the great suggestions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eddiememphis View Post
    717 Trails system North of Divide. I think they still allow dispersed camping- find an unused spot and camp there. Great trails, easy to hard. Avoid Rampart, especially on weekends. User density is outrageous and they charge to camp now.

    Lots of trails and camping north of Steamboat. Flat Tops has some trails, mostly roads but it's awesome up there. Grand Mesa and the Uncompaghre Plateau are great as well. Farther west is Rabbit Valley and then Moab.

    Get some maps and go explore.
    They still allow camping. That trail system is superb! I've heard estimates of over 1000 miles of trails in Teller county. Probably BS, but I can attest that you can't possibly ride them all in a long weekend. Not even close.
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    Good to know.

    I started riding down there after the atvs took over and destroyed Rampart. There are (were) still some true single track trails at 717.

    If I can get the dog to ride in the truck for longer than 5 minutes, I may venture down there this summer. I found a couple very nice and secluded campsites and would like to revisit them.

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